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Rabago said about 850 fulltime personnel are now working in the revamped directorate, which is responsible for Deepwater and all other Coast Guard acquisition programs, including the Rescue 21 advanced communications system. A ment of Homeland Security inspector eral report also detailed allgations ICGS failed to install safe and secure for die information technology system the converted boats. After calling for designs based proven boats already in production, it gave a contract to Bollinger Shipyards Inc. GAO said this contract was before requirement documents were duced, "This situation puts the Coast at risk for cost overruns and schedule slips it turns out that what it is buying does meet its requirements," GAO said.